If My Dad Were Free

I wish my dad

would quit working

for a while,

And stop worrying

about office files.

He should take a day off

for fun and adventure,

for me, his dear child.

We would go to the beach to make sandcastles,

And see the water dazzle.

We would listen to the waves scream,

tired and hungry, we would take a nibble of ice-cream.

We would go to the library to take a look,

at what we can read from the book.

We would march back home.

For Mom would wait

To hear all about

The fun we'd had. 

How I wish my dad should take a day off

for fun and adventure,

FOR ME, HIS DEAR CHILD.

This poem I wrote is inspired by the poem 'If my dad were free' authored by C. Radhika that I read in Cambridge Express English Literature Reader. It is similar but not same.